Facilitators and Barriers to Physical Distancing and Lockdown at Neighborhood-level During COVID-19

It is a research paper to explore the environmental features at the neighborhood level which support or thwart social distancing and lockdown in the neighborhoods of Iran based on the perspective of the general population. We surveyed the general population’s perspectives because they permanently interact with their living environment and are aware of the environmental challenges that arose in combating Covid-19. Our results were categorized into three themes: 1-Protective Factors, 2-Deficiency Factors, and 3-Risk Factors. Consequently, we proposed some suggestions to get achieve pandemic-responsive neighborhoods. This manuscript addressed not only the Covid-19 challenges but also any airborne epidemics that outbreak in recent decades.本研究论文基于伊朗普通民众的视角，探究该国社区层面能够支持或阻碍社交距离与封控措施落地的环境特征。本次调研选取普通民众作为受访对象，原因在于其长期与居住环境产生交互，且亲身经历了新冠疫情（COVID-19）防控过程中出现的各类环境相关挑战。本研究的结果被划分为三大主题：1. 保护型因素（Protective Factors）、2. 缺陷型因素（Deficiency Factors）以及3. 风险型因素（Risk Factors）。据此，本研究提出了若干建设疫情响应型社区的建议。本研究不仅针对新冠疫情（COVID-19）的防控挑战展开探讨，同时也兼顾了近数十年来暴发的各类空气传播传染病。